Stiftskirche Nonnberg, Gothic monastery church on Nonnberg hill, Salzburg, Austria

Stiftskirche Nonnberg is a three-aisled late Gothic basilica with a Romanesque west tower, located on the Nonnberg at the edge of Salzburg's old town. Its high pitched roof covers a nave with net-ribbed vaulting, and the south portal (1497–1499) is framed by statues of Emperor Henry II, Mary, Rupert and Erentrudis. The church is surrounded by a small convent cemetery.

This church was founded in the early 700s and underwent major rebuildings after devastating fires in 1006 and 1423. The reconstruction efforts shaped its present Gothic form, which has endured for nearly 6 centuries.

The name Nonnberg refers to the nuns who have inhabited this hilltop convent for over a thousand years, shaping the identity of the entire community. Their daily liturgical practices remain woven into the life of the place today.

You can reach this church by climbing the steep Nonnbergstiege staircase from Kaigasse or by walking through the lanes of Nonntal. The site opens early in the morning to accommodate the daily liturgical practices.

The only surviving Gothic stained-glass window in the church, in the main apse, was donated in 1473 by Augustin Clanner, later mayor of Salzburg, and made by the Strasbourg glass painter Peter Hemmel von Andlau. Behind the high altar it is largely hidden; from bottom to top it shows Saints Peter and James the Elder with the donor, the Annunciation and Visitation, the Nativity, the Circumcision, the Adoration of the Magi and the Coronation of Mary.